International Women's Day 2012: cartoons exploring women's place in society around the world - in pictures

To mark International Women's Day, we select a series of cartoons depicting women's rights and empowerment - or lack of - from the
Cartoon Movement, a global collaborative platform for editorial cartoons and comics journalism

A new award is being launched on International Women's Day to recognise migrant and refugee women working at the grassroots in London. Nazek Ramadan explains why it is a timely and necessary initiative